SOLVAY S.A. A
stock DE:SOL (FRANKFURT)

Alternative ID: BE0003470755

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  • Exchange: FRANKFURT
  • Sector: Basic Materials
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Market Cap: Mid (9.81B)
  • Data in EUR
  • EPS: -9.33
  • Current PE: -0.44
  • BVPS: 80.64
  • Price/BVPS: 0.05
  • Dividend: 3.75 / 4.1%
  • Hist Grade: E (30.55)
  • YOY Grade: E (18.25)
  • Debt/FCF: 2.89
  • ROIC: 0.0%
  • PEG: -1.00
  • PEGY: -1.00
  • Value Price: 0.00
  • MOS Price: 0.00
  • MOS %: -100.0%
  • Graham Number: 0.00
  • Graham MOS %: -100.0%
  • IRT: 99.00

Market Price

4.31 

0.22 5.4%

as of Mar 30 '23

52 Week Range:

3.68 100.10

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General Info

  • Exchange: FRANKFURT
  • Sector: Basic Materials
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Market Cap: Mid (9.81B)
  • Inst. Ownership: 20.40%
  • Insider Ownership: 30.71%
  • Full Time Employees: 21000
Solvay SA provides advanced materials and specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through four segments: Materials, Chemicals, Solutions, and Corporate & Business Services. The Materials segment offers specialty polymers, including aromatic polymers, high barrier polymers, and fluoropolymers for the electronics, automotive, aircraft, and healthcare industries; and composite materials for aerospace engineered materials market. The Chemicals segment produces and sells soda ash and sodium bicarbonate primarily to the flat and container glass industries, as well as for use in detergents, pharmaceutical, and feed and food industries; hydrogen peroxide for use primarily in the paper industry to bleach pulp, as well as chemicals, electronics, food, mining, and environment; and dispersible silica for tire manufacturers; and solvent solutions, specialty phenols, polyamide derivatives and smart, functional, and sustainable yarns and polymers. The Solutions segment offers specialty chemicals for agro, home and personal care, coatings, and industrial markets; technology solutions in specialty mining reagents, phosphine-based chemistry, and solutions for the stabilization of polymers; fluorine and rare-earth formulations for automotive, electronics, agrochemical, and construction applications; and vanillin for the flavors and fragrances industries, as well as synthetic intermediates used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and electronics. This segment also provides friction reducers, gelling agents, emulsion breakers, surfactants, inhibitors, cementing additives, and biocides for upstream oilfield chemicals sector, as well as sodium hypophosphite for metal plating and other applications. The Corporate & Business Services segment provides energy and other business services. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Financial Statements

The charts below show selected Annual and Quarterly Financial Data.

The purpose of these charts is to discover long and short term change dynamics. When numbers are growing year after year in the annual statements chart, the business become stronger and stronger and this is a good sign.

Quarterly Data Chart can be used to do a short term analysis. It makes sense to pay attention to the quarterly dynamics and do not wait for the next yearly statement. We should be alerted if we see that quarterly numbers are going down.

You can check "Annual Financial Statements" and "Quarterly Financial Statements" sections for exact numbers and growth rates.

Annual Statements

On a charts below the Line shows absolute values and the Bar chart shows Year-Over-Year Growth Rate for selected financial statement item. A consistent GROWTH is generally considered necessary to fund future growth from within a business.
NOTE: Growth Rate is not provided if either the latest period or the year-ago period contains a net loss. (source: WSJ Digest of Earnings)
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Financial Statements

Income Statement


 

Cash Flow Statement


 

Balance Sheet


 

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

 

Current Ratio measures the ability to meet short term obligations. Generally accepted standard is 2 (current assets should be 2 times or 200% of current liabilities).

Quick Ratio

 

Measures immediate liquidity or the cash available to cover immediate liabilities. A safe margin would be at least 1 (100%).

Financial Leverage

 

Defined as total assets divided by total shareholders' equity. The higher the ratio, the more debt a company uses in its capital structure.

Profitability Ratios

ROA

 

Return on Assets (ROA) measures the income (profit) that is generated by the use of the assets of the business.

ROE

 

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity. ROE is sometimes called "return on net worth."

ROIC

 

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measure gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns. Some investors use this figure as a final evaluation to determine whether or not to invest in a company.

Annual Statements

Item Name Dec '11 Dec '12 Dec '13 Dec '14 Dec '15 Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Equity (BVPS) 70.88
71.05
69.67
75.88
67.03
86.46
93.99
99.87
94.27
72.19
80.64
growth rate 0.2% -1.9% 8.9% -11.7% 29.0% 8.7% 6.3% -5.6% -23.4% 11.7%
Earnings BIT 354.00
919.00
782.00
991.00
900.00
961.00
1,195.00
1,218.00
1,170.00
861.00
1,199.00
growth rate 159.6% -14.9% 26.7% -9.2% 6.8% 24.4% 1.9% -3.9% -26.4% 39.3%
Avg.PE 17.95
15.48
46.51
17.63
17.63
19.13
11.26
12.25
69.86
52.95
15.67
growth rate -13.8% 200.5% -62.1% 0.0% 8.5% -41.1% 8.8% 470.3% -24.2% -70.4%
ROA 1.48
3.09
1.47
0.44
1.88
2.51
4.65
3.95
0.54
-5.05
5.15
growth rate 108.8% -52.4% -70.1% 327.3% 33.5% 85.3% -15.1% -86.3% -100.0% 100.0%
ROE 3.93
9.49
4.08
1.17
5.08
6.49
10.97
8.52
1.18
-11.51
11.90
growth rate 141.5% -57.0% -71.3% 334.2% 27.8% 69.0% -22.3% -86.2% -100.0% 100.0%
ROIC 3.69
8.21
4.28
2.99
4.44
5.25
8.50
7.32
2.07
-6.73
9.09
growth rate 122.5% -47.9% -30.1% 48.5% 18.2% 61.9% -13.9% -71.7% -100.0% 100.0%
Cur. Ratio 1.60
1.91
1.75
1.27
1.53
1.32
1.47
1.68
1.53
1.62
1.24
growth rate 19.4% -8.4% -27.4% 20.5% -13.7% 11.4% 14.3% -8.9% 5.9% -23.5%
Quick Ratio 1.23
1.38
1.04
0.64
0.93
0.60
0.68
0.75
0.64
0.94
0.77
growth rate 12.2% -24.6% -38.5% 45.3% -35.5% 13.3% 10.3% -14.7% 46.9% -18.1%
Leverage 3.16
2.98
2.61
2.73
2.69
2.49
2.23
2.09
2.24
2.33
2.29
growth rate -5.7% -12.4% 4.6% -1.5% -7.4% -10.4% -6.3% 7.2% 4.0% -1.7%
Balance Sheet Dec '11 Dec '12 Dec '13 Dec '14 Dec '15 Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Acct.Receivable 2,311.00
2,355.00
1,838.00
1,870.00
2,264.00
2,234.00
1,943.00
1,977.00
1,908.00
1,664.00
2,365.00
growth rate 1.9% -22.0% 1.7% 21.1% -1.3% -13.0% 1.8% -3.5% -12.8% 42.1%
Acct.Payable 1,617.00
1,340.00
1,461.00
1,559.00
1,547.00
1,330.00
1,439.00
1,277.00
1,197.00
2,131.00
growth rate -17.1% 9.0% 6.7% -0.8% -14.0% 8.2% -11.3% -6.3% 78.0%
Cur.Assets 7,364.00
6,728.00
7,306.00
6,365.00
6,613.00
6,597.00
6,057.00
6,574.00
6,272.00
4,484.00
6,833.00
growth rate -8.6% 8.6% -12.9% 3.9% -0.2% -8.2% 8.5% -4.6% -28.5% 52.4%
Total Assets 19,462.00
18,330.00
18,523.00
17,894.00
25,329.00
24,145.00
21,451.00
22,000.00
21,307.00
16,792.00
20,049.00
growth rate -5.8% 1.1% -3.4% 41.6% -4.7% -11.2% 2.6% -3.2% -21.2% 19.4%
Cash 1,943.00
1,768.00
1,961.00
1,251.00
2,030.00
969.00
992.00
1,103.00
809.00
1,002.00
941.00
growth rate -9.0% 10.9% -36.2% 62.3% -52.3% 2.4% 11.2% -26.7% 23.9% -6.1%
Inventory 1,578.00
1,422.00
1,300.00
1,420.00
1,867.00
1,672.00
1,504.00
1,685.00
1,587.00
1,241.00
1,745.00
growth rate -9.9% -8.6% 9.2% 31.5% -10.4% -10.1% 12.0% -5.8% -21.8% 40.6%
Cur.Liabilities 4,606.00
3,530.00
4,144.00
5,029.00
4,331.00
5,001.00
4,128.00
3,902.00
4,091.00
2,775.00
5,531.00
growth rate -23.4% 17.4% 21.4% -13.9% 15.5% -17.5% -5.5% 4.8% -32.2% 99.3%
Liabilities 13,312.00
11,757.00
11,070.00
11,116.00
15,661.00
14,189.00
11,699.00
11,375.00
11,682.00
9,489.00
11,197.00
growth rate -11.7% -5.8% 0.4% 40.9% -9.4% -17.6% -2.8% 2.7% -18.8% 18.0%
LT Debt 3,374.00
3,318.00
2,806.00
1,483.00
5,577.00
4,037.00
3,138.00
3,145.00
3,014.00
2,892.00
2,167.00
growth rate -1.7% -15.4% -47.2% 276.1% -27.6% -22.3% 0.2% -4.2% -4.1% -25.1%
Equity 6,647.00
6,574.00
7,075.00
6,564.00
9,423.00
9,706.00
9,639.00
10,508.00
9,515.00
7,197.00
8,740.00
growth rate -1.1% 7.6% -7.2% 43.6% 3.0% -0.7% 9.0% -9.5% -24.4% 21.4%
Common Shares 87.00
88.00
89.00
84.00
84.00
104.00
104.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
growth rate 1.2% 1.1% -5.6% 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 1,426.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Cash Flow Statement Dec '11 Dec '12 Dec '13 Dec '14 Dec '15 Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Capital Expenditures 585.00
785.00
797.00
923.00
952.00
883.00
707.00
691.00
751.00
454.00
561.00
growth rate 34.2% 1.5% 15.8% 3.1% -7.3% -19.9% -2.3% 8.7% -39.6% 23.6%
Cash Dividends 266.00
278.00
343.00
306.00
380.00
470.00
507.00
522.00
541.00
538.00
506.00
growth rate 4.5% 23.4% -10.8% 24.2% 23.7% 7.9% 3.0% 3.6% -0.6% -6.0%
Cash From OA 850.00
1,457.00
1,299.00
1,621.00
1,289.00
1,788.00
1,590.00
1,720.00
1,815.00
1,242.00
1,499.00
growth rate 71.4% -10.8% 24.8% -20.5% 38.7% -11.1% 8.2% 5.5% -31.6% 20.7%
FCF per Share 2.40
6.41
5.29
3.70
5.86
8.19
7.48
7.23
11.83
7.76
8.94
growth rate 167.1% -17.5% -30.1% 58.4% 39.8% -8.7% -3.3% 63.6% -34.4% 15.2%
Sale Purchase of Stock 1,191.00
2,468.00
2,468.00
growth rate 107.2% 0.0%
FCF 192.00
672.00
468.00
634.00
351.00
807.00
782.00
887.00
958.00
707.00
863.00
growth rate 250.0% -30.4% 35.5% -44.6% 129.9% -3.1% 13.4% 8.0% -26.2% 22.1%
Income Statement Dec '11 Dec '12 Dec '13 Dec '14 Dec '15 Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Sales 7,564.00
10,910.00
10,150.00
10,629.00
10,083.00
10,044.00
10,984.00
11,299.00
11,227.00
9,714.00
11,434.00
growth rate 44.2% -7.0% 4.7% -5.1% -0.4% 9.4% 2.9% -0.6% -13.5% 17.7%
Op.Income 554.00
579.00
782.00
991.00
900.00
961.00
1,195.00
1,218.00
1,170.00
861.00
1,199.00
growth rate 4.5% 35.1% 26.7% -9.2% 6.8% 24.4% 1.9% -3.9% -26.4% 39.3%
IBT 365.00
820.00
378.00
343.00
472.00
524.00
679.00
790.00
73.00
-844.00
1,094.00
growth rate 124.7% -53.9% -9.3% 37.6% 11.0% 29.6% 16.4% -90.8% -100.0% 100.0%
Net Income 247.00
579.00
270.00
80.00
406.00
621.00
1,061.00
877.00
118.00
-962.00
948.00
growth rate 134.4% -53.4% -70.4% 407.5% 53.0% 70.9% -17.3% -86.6% -100.0% 100.0%
EPS 2.85
6.40
3.04
0.96
4.81
5.99
10.19
8.46
1.15
-9.32
9.13
growth rate 124.6% -52.5% -68.4% 401.0% 24.5% 70.1% -17.0% -86.4% -100.0% 100.0%
Gross Profit 1,360.00
2,364.00
2,306.00
2,559.00
2,566.00
2,831.00
3,086.00
3,035.00
2,983.00
2,507.00
2,926.00
growth rate 73.8% -2.5% 11.0% 0.3% 10.3% 9.0% -1.7% -1.7% -16.0% 16.7%
R&D 238.00
247.00
271.00
284.00
290.00
297.00
323.00
300.00
325.00
growth rate 3.8% 9.7% 4.8% 2.1% 2.4% 8.8% -7.1% 8.3%

Quarterly Statements

Item Name Jun '21 Sep '21 Dec '21 Mar '22 Jun '22
Earnings BIT 352.00
335.00
286.00
444.00
934.00
growth rate -4.8% -14.6% 55.2% 110.4%
Balance Sheet Jun '21 Sep '21 Dec '21 Mar '22 Jun '22
Acct.Receivable 2,521.00
3,868.00
2,365.00
5,138.00
5,402.00
growth rate 53.4% -38.9% 117.3% 5.1%
Acct.Payable 1,474.00
1,713.00
2,131.00
2,301.00
2,417.00
growth rate 16.2% 24.4% 8.0% 5.0%
Cur.Assets 5,317.00
7,088.00
6,833.00
8,515.00
9,015.00
growth rate 33.3% -3.6% 24.6% 5.9%
Total Assets 17,936.00
19,923.00
20,049.00
21,861.00
23,192.00
growth rate 11.1% 0.6% 9.0% 6.1%
Cash 1,216.00
1,404.00
941.00
1,034.00
1,124.00
growth rate 15.5% -33.0% 9.9% 8.7%
Inventory 1,443.00
1,604.00
1,745.00
2,002.00
2,142.00
growth rate 11.2% 8.8% 14.7% 7.0%
Cur.Liabilities 3,285.00
4,674.00
5,531.00
6,580.00
7,079.00
growth rate 42.3% 18.3% 19.0% 7.6%
Liabilities 9,896.00
11,428.00
11,197.00
12,250.00
12,662.00
growth rate 15.5% -2.0% 9.4% 3.4%
LT Debt 3,246.00
3,316.00
2,167.00
2,596.00
2,492.00
growth rate 2.2% -34.7% 19.8% -4.0%
Equity 7,917.00
8,358.00
8,740.00
9,486.00
10,457.00
growth rate 5.6% 4.6% 8.5% 10.2%
Common Shares 1,588.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
1,588.00
growth rate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Cash Flow Statement Jun '21 Sep '21 Dec '21 Mar '22 Jun '22
Capital Expenditures 96.00
128.00
274.00
105.00
126.00
growth rate 33.3% 114.1% -61.7% 20.0%
Cash Dividends 262.00
27.00
27.00
180.00
273.00
growth rate -89.7% 0.0% 566.7% 51.7%
Cash From OA 330.00
454.00
412.00
382.00
474.00
growth rate 37.6% -9.3% -7.3% 24.1%
Sale Purchase of Stock
growth rate
FCF 234.00
326.00
138.00
277.00
348.00
growth rate 39.3% -57.7% 100.7% 25.6%
Income Statement Jun '21 Sep '21 Dec '21 Mar '22 Jun '22
Sales 2,689.00
2,864.00
3,277.00
3,693.00
4,062.00
growth rate 6.5% 14.4% 12.7% 10.0%
Op.Income 352.00
335.00
286.00
444.00
934.00
growth rate -4.8% -14.6% 55.2% 110.4%
IBT 305.00
271.00
378.00
428.00
861.00
growth rate -11.2% 39.5% 13.2% 101.2%
Net Income 222.00
255.00
366.00
337.00
705.00
growth rate 14.9% 43.5% -7.9% 109.2%
EPS
growth rate
Gross Profit 748.00
748.00
695.00
889.00
1,069.00
growth rate 0.0% -7.1% 27.9% 20.3%
R&D 72.00
72.00
88.00
79.00
85.00
growth rate 0.0% 22.2% -10.2% 7.6%

Growth Grade & Financial Ratios

All financial ratios below are calculated based on latest annual statements available and present the most up to date snapshot of a company finances.

Growth Grade

Historical Growth Grade:

E (30.55)

YOY Growth Grade:

E (18.25)

Click on buttons above for detailed yearly growth rates.

Market Ratios

  • Dividend Yield: 4.1%

  • Beta: 1.33

    Beta of 1.3342 suggests that the asset is more volatile than the rest of the market.

  • PE: -0.44

  • EY: -228.6%

  • PEG: -1.00

    PEG Ratio of -1.00 suggests that annual EPS growth is negative, which is a bad sign.

  • PEGY: -1.00

    PEGY Ratio of -1.00 suggests that annual EPS growth is negative, which is a bad sign.

  • Price/BVPS: 0.05

    Price to BVPS Ratio of 0.05 suggests that stock is undervalued.

Profitability Ratios

  • ROE: 11.9%

    Return on Equity (ROE) of 11.9% suggests that management is inefficient or it could reflect a highly capitalized, conservatively operated business with little long term debt.

  • ROS: 10.5%

    The value of Return on Sales depends on the business and/or industry. Usually the higher ratio the better.

  • ROA: 5.5%

    Return on Assets (ROA). Low ratio usually means poor performance, or ineffective use of assets by management. High ratio usually means good performance.

  • ROI: 12.5%

    Return on Investment (ROI) of 12.5% suggests that management is inefficient or it could reflect a highly capitalized, conservatively operated business with little long term debt.

  • ROIC: 0.0%

    Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 0.0% suggests that a company may not be able to fund future growth from within.

Liquidity Ratios

  • Current Ratio: 1.24

    Current Ratio of 1.24 suggests that a company may not be able to pay off bills as rapidly as it should.

  • Quick Ratio: 0.60

    Quick Ratio of 0.60 suggests that a company does not have enough cash to cover immediate liabilities.

  • Cash Turnover: 8.78

    Turnover Of Cash Ratio of 8.78 suggests that a company may be vulnerable to creditors. As a result it may be unable to pay wages or utility bills.

  • Equity Ratio: 43.6%

    Equity Ratio of 43.6% suggests that a reasonably large percent of the company's assets financed by shareholder equity.

  • Debt/Equity: 128.1%

    Debt to Equity Ratio of 128.1% suggests that greater risk assumed by creditors, hence greater interest by them in the way the company is being managed.

  • Debt/FCF: 2.89

    Debt/FCF of 2.89 suggests that a company is doing well and can pay off its long term debt within three years.

Efficiency Ratios

  • Avg Collection Period: 75.50

    Average Collection Period of 75.50 days suggests a slow turnover, which may be the result of a number of bad accounts, or a tax collection policy or perhaps credit is being used to generate sales.

  • Inventory Turnover: 4.88

    Inventory Turnover Ratio of 4.88 suggests a company is doing OK, but faster turnovers are generally viewed as a positive trend.

  • Cash Flow Ratio: 1.93

    Cash Flow Ratio of 1.93 suggests a company is doing OK, but lower inventory is generally viewed as a positive trend.

  • Profit Margin: 8.3%

Value Price

Current EPS is negative, therefore value price cannot be calculated.

PE and EPS

Historical Current Forward
PE 13.16 -0.46 10.37
EPS / Growth 7.9% -9.33 12.2%

Value Price & Investment Recovery Time

Read more about Stock2Own value price in Stock Market: Fundamental Analysis.

Equity Growth Rate: 1.8%

Estimates Pessimistic Moderate Optimistic My Numbers
Rate of Return 15.0%
MOS Price % 50 %
Future EPS Growth 1.8% 7.3% 7.3%
Future PE 3.68 12.72 12.72
Future EPS 0.00 0.00 0.00
Value Price
MOS %		 0.00
-100.0% 		0.00
-100.0% 		0.00
-100.0%
MOS Price 0.00 0.00 0.00
IRT 99.00 99.00 99.00

Graham Number:

Current EPS is negative, therefore Graham Number cannot be calculated.
NOTE: The Graham Number applies only to certain types of stocks in combination with a number of other criteria.

Read more about Graham Number in Stock Market: Fundamental Analysis.

  • Graham Number: 0.00
  • Graham MOS: -100.0%

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